I refer you to James Lee Burke and Tom Waits --- both masters of the Louisiana argot. "Copacetic" really is one of those curious words that would have (arch.) put by it in an English dictionary and (dial.) put by it in an American one.
Which part of that do you understand as being a master of the "Louisiana argot;" not that you'd have a clue about that, because there's no such fucking thing as a single unifying Louisiana dialect -- let alone some sort of argot that fails to transcend state lines.
James Lee Burke is a transparent Texan from Houston. I mean this in a nice way. If'n you'd ebba visited the parishes (and I assure you: you should. The food is superb), you'd be dissin' Massa J-Lee. (B.)
Tom Waits? Now you're just trying to hurt me.
I'm not even going to bother with that googlink thing for lyrics.
Probly off Pasties & n'G-String.
Heck, that's just my faulty memory. A sweaty little word, but I'm afraid you used it in an entirely incorrect context.
Which was the point.
James Lee Burke was born in Houston, which is very far from being Louise-ish, despite the proximity and the oil and stuff.
Tom Waits, as we both know, popped out of the back-end of a pickup truck in Pomona (California). Not really a stellar argument for Louisiana argot. Damn fine interpreter of the Claret & Blooz, tho.
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Re: N'Orleans?
Date: 2010-01-24 07:49 pm (UTC)I refer you to James Lee Burke and Tom Waits --- both masters of the Louisiana argot. "Copacetic" really is one of those curious words that would have (arch.) put by it in an English dictionary and (dial.) put by it in an American one.
Which part of that do you understand as being a master of the "Louisiana argot;" not that you'd have a clue about that, because there's no such fucking thing as a single unifying Louisiana dialect -- let alone some sort of argot that fails to transcend state lines.
James Lee Burke is a transparent Texan from Houston. I mean this in a nice way. If'n you'd ebba visited the parishes (and I assure you: you should. The food is superb), you'd be dissin' Massa J-Lee. (B.)
Tom Waits? Now you're just trying to hurt me.
I'm not even going to bother with that googlink thing for lyrics.
Probly off Pasties & n'G-String.
Heck, that's just my faulty memory. A sweaty little word, but I'm afraid you used it in an entirely incorrect context.
Which was the point.
James Lee Burke was born in Houston, which is very far from being Louise-ish, despite the proximity and the oil and stuff.
Tom Waits, as we both know, popped out of the back-end of a pickup truck in Pomona (California). Not really a stellar argument for Louisiana argot. Damn fine interpreter of the Claret & Blooz, tho.